Boro lead Ipswich and Cardiff in chase for Blades striker
Published 23:01 04/06/11 By Michael Morgan
Tony Mowbray is leading the £1.2million chase for Sheffield United striker Ched Evans.
Ipswich and Cardiff are also after the Welsh international, but Mowbray’s Middlesbrough are the favourites to land him.
The cash-strapped Blades are having to off-load their top earners following relegation from the Championship, and Evans is Bramall Lane’s best paid player on £20,000-a-week.
He still has 13 months left on the three-year deal he signed when he joined United in a £3m switch from Manchester City in July 2009.
But the Blades want him off their wage bill, and Evans does not want to drop down into League One because he fears it will harm his international prospects.
Boro boss Mowbray has targeted Evans, 22, as the hit-man he wants to replace £30,000-a-week flop Kris Boyd at the Riverside.
Scotland striker Boyd, 27, joined the Teessiders on a free from Rangers 11 months ago, but was axed by Mowbray and then shunted out on loan to Nottingham Forest in the January transfer window.
He does not have a future at Boro, and Mowbray is keen to land Evans at a bargain price because he believes the bustling Welshman will boost his side’s fire power in their bid promotion next season.
